FBI Examines Congressman’s E-Mails to Boys

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WASHINGTON — The FBI is examining former Rep. Mark Foley’s e-mail exchanges with teenagers to determine if they violated federal law, an agency spokesman said yesterday. An FBI spokesman, Richard Kolko, said the FBI is “conducting an assessment to see if there’s been a violation of federal law.” He had no further comment.

The House speaker, Rep. Dennis Hastert, also requested yesterday that the Justice Department conduct an investigation into Mr. Foley’s electronic messages to teenage boys — a lurid scandal that has put House Republicans in political peril.”As Speaker of the House, I hereby request that the Department of Justice conduct an investigation of Mr. Foley’s conduct with current and former House pages to determine to what extent any of his actions violated federal law,” Mr. Hastert, a Republican of Illinois, wrote in a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

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